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Army deserter, three others nabbed for armed robbery in Osun

A Nigerian Army deserter, David Agbebaku, has been arrested by the operatives of the Osun State Police Command alongside three of his accomplices for suspected armed robbery and obtaining money under false pretense.

This was announced by the Command’s Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, when he paraded him and his accomplices.

Others arrested with Agbebaku, 35, were Olubunmi Adewale, 34; Oderinde Oluwaseun, 35; and Ibrahim Ajibola, 27.

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Olokode said Agbebaku and Oderinde were arrested on March 2, 2022, while Ajibola was arrested on February 9, 2022.

He said: “In the course of investigation, Agbebaku David confessed that he deserted from the Nigeria Army in the year 2015, later rearrested, de-kitted and consequently dismissed by the Army authority in the year 2020 as Lance Corporal.

“Not quite long after his dismissal, he obtained the sum of N300,000 under false pretence from the complainant and fled until the 2nd March, 2022 when he was arrested by the police.”

Olokode said the suspects would be charged to court after investigation.

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